Glossy Ibis: It looks like these cracking birds are extending their range and we might be having a lot more sightings in the future.
This would be my fourth including the Horwich and Hindley birds and the most showiest bird of the lot.
When I first arrived it was a black lump sleeping on the far side of the River Bela but after a short wait the bird got spooked by some neighbouring Swans and flew down river.
I caught up with the bird feeding a few hundred yards down river and watched it for a good 20 minutes before I had to get off. This was a lovely little river bank, fast flowing and green and buzzing with birds the highlights being two Kingfisher and a couple of Little Egret.
